Coulrophobia

Painted faces
Designed to cheer
Instead I cower in fear.

Red noses
Similar to Rudolph
Yet so much more disturbing.

Wide grins
Think Cheshire Cat
Cunning and deceiving.

Hide me mommy
They watch me as I sleep
Cower under the blankets until I fall asleep.

Standing in the doorway
There is no escape now
Somebody please save me.

Why me?
Is there nobody else to haunt
Nobody else to scare?

Too big shoes
Little cars
Get away from me.

Panic rushes through
Logic is lost to me now
All I want is to wake from this nightmare.

This is a nightmare, right?
Tell me how to end this nightmare.
Please, just stop this nightmare.